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AUTHOR Campbell, William J.TITLE Evaluation of the Progress of Educational Opportunity

Program Students, Part Time Students: Enrollment ofFall 1971.

INSTITUTION Rockland Community Coll., Suffern, N.Y.PUB DATE 18 Mar 76NOTE 34p.

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$2.06 Plus PostageDESCRIPTORS *Academic Achievement; Academic Failure; College

Credits; Community Colleges; Dropout Rate; *JuniorColleges; *Junior College Students; *Low Achievers;*Part Time Students; Student Financial Aid

IDENTIFIERS Educational Opportunity Program; Rockland CommunityCollege

ABSTRACTThe Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at Rockland

Community College provides direct financial assistance to high riskstudents. This study compares the performances of 180 part-time BOPstudents enrolled for the fall 1971 semester (experimental group)with the performances of a randomly selected group of 47 part-timeregular students (control group). During the years between 1967 and1974, the experimental group attempted an average number of 5.46credits per fall semester, and passed 4.06, a 74.46 percent passrate. The control group attempted an average of 5.8 credits andpassed 4.7, an 80.49 percent pass rate. Since course load isgenerally considered to affect passing, this study suggests that EOPstudents register for fewer courses. The experimental group attendedRockland for an average of 5.32 semesters, completing 22.69 degreecredits. The control group attended an average of 5.37 semesters,completing 23.20 credits. Twenty percent of the experimental group,and 24.5 percent of the control group had earned degrees by fall1975. The characteristics of the two groups with regard to droppingin and out of college are also evaluated. Data are organized intotables. (NHM)

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EVALUATION OF THE PROGRESS OF

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM STUDENTS

PART TIME STUDENTS

ENROLLMENT OF FALL 1971

William J. CampbellDirector of Institutions) Research

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Rockland Community College145 College RoadSuffern, N.Y.

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March 18, 1976

INDEX

SUMMARY 1 .

COMPARISON 2-7

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP 8-18

CONTROL. GROUP 19'729

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SUMMARY

In this study the performances of 180 part time Educational.

Opportunity Program students (experimental group) are compared

to a randomly selected group of 57 part time regular students

(control group) at Rockland Community College (RCC).

The comparison between the Experimental Group and the Control

Group students show that the Experimental Group consistently fail

to pass as many credits as the Control Group. Since the Experi-

mental'Group students are high risk students thus in and of

itself is not a surprising bit of data. The interesting

data concerns the amount of course credits attempted (see Tables

I, II, and III) by the Experimental Group. In the regular Fall

and Spring semesters we find them taking only 0.3 and 0.5 credits

less than the Control Group, while in the Summer sessions they

attempted 0.6 credits more than the Control Group. It might be

advisable to schedule the Experimental Group fOr less courses,

if we assume that course load will affect passing. .

COMPARISON BETWEEN PART-TIME E.O.P. STUDENTS

AND PART-TIME CONTROL STUDENTS

TABLE I

AVERAGE CREDITS ATTEMPTED AND PASSED

FALL SEMESTER

11-14.34 Control

Attempted 5.5 5.8

Passed '4.1 4.7

Difference 1.4

TABLE II

Diff

AVERAGE CREDITS ATTEMPTED AND PASSED

SPRING SEMESTER

E.O.P. (exp.) Control

Attempted 5.3 5.8

Passed 4.2 5.2

Difference 1.1 .6

TABLE III

AVERAGE CREDITS ATTEMPTED AND PASSED '

SUMMER SESSIONS

E.O.P. (exp.) Control

Attempted 4.9 4.3

Passed 3.9 4.1

Difference 1.0 0.2

5

Duff

(0.5)

Diff

(0.8)

When we compare the data in Table IV with that of Table

III, we find that attendance at Rockland Community College

(RCC) Summer session drops off in absolute numbers of students

as semesters of attendance accrue.

TABLE IV

NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE

SUMMER SESSION

E.O.P.(exo.) Control

Session

Number,of.cStudetits in: ,

Attendance' Percentage*

Number of-Students inAttendance Percentage**

1 35 19.44 13 -22.81

2 18 10.00 7 12.28

3 .12 6.67 2 3.51

4 2 1.11 11

As far as total numbers of semesters attended we find that

(see Table V) there is a 0.05 semester difference between the two

groups; for all practical purposes a difference which has rio meaning.

* Based on 180 Students** Based on 57 Students

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TABLE V

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMESTERS ATTENDING RCC

E.O.P.(exP.)

5.32

Control

5.37

When we compare the number of credits earned ttsee Table VI)

by each group we find that there is a difference of only 0.51

credits; again a difference of little practical meaning.

TABLE VI

AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEGREE CREDITS COMPLETED BY STUDENTS

STILL IN ATTENDANCE AT RCC

E.O.P. (elm)

22.69 23.20

It has been cause for speculation, from time to time, that

the student of today is exhibiting a behavior of "Dropping Out and

In"; rather than a consistent steady progress toward a degree.

In Table VII we compare the two groups for this phenonenon.

We find that 38..of the experimental group and 18 of.the control

groups have carried out their activity one or more time to the. .

final drop out; but the "Drop Out and In" hypothesis is not borne

out for those still registered and going toward a degree; twenty-one

of the experimental group exhibits this behavior while none of the

control group shows such behavior.

TABLE VII

NUMBER OF STUDENTSWHO DROPPED OUT AND IN

A*

E.O.P.(exo)

1-0 85 47.22

2-1 29 16.11

3-2 8 4.44

4-3 1 .56123 68.33

1-1 .16 8.89

4 2.22

3-3 1 .56

21 11.67

45 78.95

Control

# %

Ow.

* "A" represent' students who are currently dropped out.

ifek: nBu represent students who have dropped out one or moretimes and are currently registered.

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When we examine the next group who received a degree

(see Table VIII) we find that thirty-six of the Experimental Group

and fourteen of the Control Group received their degrees. On a

percentage basis we find that of the Experimental Group, 20

percent received a degree while 24.56 percent received a degree

in the Contral Group.

TABLE VIII

NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED DEGREES BY FALL 1975

E.O.P.(exP) Control

AAS 22 61.11 10 71.43

AA 14 38.89 4 28.5736 100.00 14 100.00

7. Diff

10.32

(10.32)

Prior enrollment was examined (see Table IX) Zor'each group

and it was found that twenty five of the Experimental Group were

students prior to Fall 1971 with ten in ale Control Group inthat

category.

TABLE IX

GRADUATES WHO WERE ENROLLED PRIOR TO FALL 1971

E.O.P. (exp) Control

# % .

Fall 1967 4 16.00 1

Spring 1968 1 4.00

Fall 1968 -

Spring 1969 3 12.00 3

Fall 1969 1 4.00

Summer 1970 - - 1

Fall 1970 10 40.00 3

Spring 1971 6 24.00 -

TOTAL 25 100.00 10

10

%

.10.00

20.00

30.00

10.00

.30.00

-

100.00

EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

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EXPERIMENTAL GROUP-PART TIME STUDENTS

.1;i sectionIV

of.T s represents i subset of data from a.large study of

all Educational Oppurtunity Program (E.O.P.) students at Rockland

Community College (R.C.C.). All of the part-time E.O.P. students

who were registered for Fall of 1971 (N1.180) are the source-of

data variables in the accompanying tables.

The first E.O.P. group was not a true entering Fall 1971 group;

106 were actually attending college prior to Fall 1971 and were

picked as E.O.P.. students when the direct financial aid program

started at Rockland Community College. No attempt. has been. made to

identify students who were previously assisted by tuition credit

in prior years under H.E.O.P.

The average number and percentage of course credits. attempted

and passed are shown in Table I and Table II for the Fall and Spring

semesters. The Fall course credits passed average a rate of slightly

over 74% with an decrease in the rate to slightly under 73% for. the

Spring semesters. The average credits attempted for each student .

was 5.467. for Fall semesters and 5.29 credits for Spring semesters.

The attendance at Summer sessions is presented in.Table III with

the average credits attempted 4.86 with an 80.367. rate of passing.

The number of Summer sessions attended is presented in Table IV.

The majority of students in E.O.P: who attended Summer sessions

attended only one session.

The number of semesters of attendance (seeTable V) range from

one semester to thirteen semesters with an average attendance of .

5.32 semesters.

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The students who.had cumulative credits were found (see Table

VI) to have an average cummulative credits of 6.0 This average

reflects only those students who had not graduated and had accum-

ulated credits up to.the Spring 1975 semester.

The "Drop Out-Drop In" phenomena is examined in Table VII with

two categories (A students currently dropped; B students currently

returned to R.C.C.). Examining the Dropped Out but not returned

group, we find that 123 dropped. out and were not registered for

Sp'75. If we examine the B categories of students who dropped

out one or more times and registered Sp'75, we find that they

represent11.7%of the total group; not a very large group representing'

a "Drop Out- Drop In" phenomena.

In examining Tables VIII and IX we find that 180 actual Fall 1971

E.O.P. students graduated a total of 11 students or roughly 6%.

Out of 180 part time Fall 1971 E.O.P students (11 and under credit

hours per semester), there were 70 first time students enrolled

for 1971.

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TABLE11

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM - FALL 1971 ENROLLMENT LIST

PART TIME STUDENTS

FALL SEMESTER BY YEAR

I'o

p *to

ti

..

..

..

Number of

Average #

Number of

Average #

Percent

Number of

Creditir

of Credits

Credits

of Credits

of.

YEAR

Students

Attempted

Attempted

Passed

Passing

1.83

42.31

1967

626

.

4.33

11

1968

517

3.40

17

1969

15

85

5.67

59

..

:1970

74

360

4.86

327.

1971

180 *

946'

5.26

659

1972'

91

520

5.71

351

1973

62

386

6.23

315

1974

42

252

6.00

191

TOTAL

475 **

2592

1930

AVERAGE

5.46

3.40

100.00

3.93

69.41

4:41

:::::

3.66

3.86

67.50

g

5.08

81.61

4.55

75.79

74.46.

4.06

* Out of List of 380 E.O.P. names for Fall 1971, 270 students actually took credit courses.

180out of 270 were part-time students (eleven and under credit hours).

** Duplicate count

ant

TABLE II


YEAR

Number of

Students

PART.TIME STUDENTS

SPRING SEMESTER BY YEAR

Number of

Average #

Credits

of Credits

.Attempted,

Attempted,

Number of

Credits

.

Passed

Average #

of Credits

Passed

.

Percent

of

Paste

1968

16

3.20

13

2.60

81.25

1969

10-

38

3.80

32

3.20

84.21

1970

17

81-

4.76

53

3.12

65.43

...

1971

94

505

5.37

437

4.65

86.53

1972

128

691

5.40

502

3.91

72.65

,-+

Gi

1973.

'85

519

6.11

401

4.72

77.26

1974

65

303

4.66

271

4.17

89.44

1975

42

205

4.88

170

4.05

82.93

TOTAL

446*

2,358

1879

72.69

AVERAGE

5.29

4.21

* Duplicate count

I.

TABLE II/

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

FALL 1971 ENROLLMENT LIST

PART TIME STUDENTS

-SUMMER SESSION BY YEAR

YEAR

Number of

Students

Number of

'

Crediti

Attempted

Ayerage #

of Credits

Attempted,

Number of

Credits

Passed

Average #

of Credits

Passed

Percent

of

Passing

1968

.2

62.00

6.

2.00

100.00

1969

938

4.22

27

3.00

71.05

1970

621

3.50

17

2.83

80.95

pL

1971

29

131

4.52

124

4.27

94.66

C7

1972

92

454

4.93

355

3.86

78:19

1973

53'

282

5.32

216

4.08

76.00

1974

22

104

4.73

87

3.95

83.65

1975

418

4.50

15

3.75

83.33

Totals

217

*1054

847

80.36

AVERAGE

4.86

3.90

* Duplicate count

. . .

TABLE IV

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM - PALL 1971 ENROLLMENT LIST

PART TIME STUDENTS

SUMMER SESSIONS

Number ofStudents in

Semesters Attendance

1 35 - 19.44

2 18 10.00.

3 12 6.67

Percent*

4 2 .1.11

67

* This is a percentage of the 180 students who are represented inTable I as taking at least one course in Fall 1971..

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TABLE V


PART TIME STUDENTS

NUMBER OF SEMESTERS ATTENDED BY STUDENTS*.

Semesters Total # of Students

13 2

12 2

11 7

10 10

9 18

8 16

7 15

6 10

5 14

4 17

3 22

.2 24

1 23

TOTAL 180*

Average # of Semesters Attended - 5.32

*This data includes summer sessions

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7. of Students

1.11

1.11

3.89

5.56

10.00

8.89

8.33

5.56

7.78

9.44.

12.22

13.33

12.78

100.00

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TABLE V I

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EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, PROGRAM - FALL 1971 ENROLLMENT LIST

PART TIME STUDENTS.

COMMULATIVE DEGREE CREDITS

Number ofCREDITS Students

61-70 2 1.65

51-60 10 8.26

41-50 10 8.26

31-40 11 . 9.09

21-30 23 19.02

11-20 27 22.31

1-10 38 31.41

TOTAL 121* 100.00

AVERAGE # of cumulate degree credits - 22.69

* 36 students received degrees and 23 students hadno cumulative degree credits; therefore, they arenot reflected in the above total number of students.

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TABLEIII

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM -'FALL 1971 ENROLLMENT

PART TIME STUDENTS

NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO DROPPED IN AND OUT

TIMES DROPPED OUT AND IN

NUMBER OF STUDENTS

PERCENT OF STUDENTS

0 - 0

36

20.00

10

(A)

85

47.22

1 .71

(B)

16

8.89

2 - 1

(A)

29

16.11

2 - 2

(B)

42.22

3 - 2

(A)

8.4.44

3 - 3

. (B)

.1

.56

a.

4 - 3

(A)

1.56

TOTAL:

'180

100.00

AB

85

16

.29

48

1

121

.

123,

:

(A)

Represents students who are currently dropped out.

(B)

Represents students who have dropped out one or

more times and are currently registered.

TABLE VIII


PART TIME STUDENTS

JVumber of Students Who Received DegreesBY Fall 1975

.

12mrssE Number of Degrees , Percent of Degrees,

22 61.11

A.A. 14 38.89

TOTAL 36* .-100.00

* Number of Degrees out of a total part time enrollment

of 180 students (approximately 20%).

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TABLE. IX

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. PROGRAM-FALL 1971 ENROLLMENT LIST

PART TIME STUDENTS

Number of Students Who Enrolled Prior to Fall 1971 and Graduated

Semester # of Students

Fall 1967

Spring 1968

Spring 1969.

Fall 1969

Fall 1970

Spring 1971

TOTAL

Z of Students

4 16.00

1 4.00

3 12.00.

1 4.00

10 40.00

6 24.00

25 100.00

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CONTROL GROUP

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CONTROL GROUP - PART TIME STUDENTS

.FALL 1971

Thissection represents a subset of data taken from the control group'

of students which was randomly selected from a masterlist of students for ,.

the Fall of 1971.

The average number afid'percentage of course credits attempted and

Passed are shown in Table I for the Fall semester and Table II for the

Spring semester. The Fall course credits passed averaged a rate of slightly

under 80.5% with an increasein the rate to over 897. for the Spring semester.

For both the Fall and Spring semesters the average credits attempted for -

each student was 5.8.

The attendance at the Summer sessions is.presented in Table III. The

average number of credits attempted is 4.3 with an average rate of 96.12X.

passing. The number of summer sessions attendecris presented in Table IV.

The majority of students in the control group who attended the Summer

sessions (13 out of 22) attended only one session.

The number of semesters of attendance (see table V) range-from one

to twelve semesters with,;an average attendance of 5.37 semesters.

Those students who had cumulative credits were found to have an-

average of 23.2 cummulative credits (see Table VI). This average reflects

only those students who had not graduated and had accumulated credits up to

the Spring 1975 semester.

The "Drop Out-Drop In" phenomena is examined in Table VII with two

categories ( A- students currently dropped out; B- students currently

returned to R.C.C.).

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If we examine the Dropped Out but not returned group, we find that 45 are

not currently registered. There are no students in the B category (students who

'dropped out one or more times and are currently registered ) for this group.

In examining Tables VIII and IX we find that 57 actual Fall 1971 control

students graduated a total of 4 students, of roughly 7.01 percent.

Out of 57 part time Fail 1971 conrol group students (11 and under credit

hours per semester) there were 21 first'time students enrolled for 1971.

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TABLE I

CONTROL GROUP-FALL 1971 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT

.PART TIME STUDENTS

FALL7SEMESTER BY YEAR

....

.

7. 7. .:

..-

, ..

:.-::.., .

4M(§er'qf

4YOr. A ge j

PM40i of

-Ai:PTAti #

Percent

..

ivaer' of

Credits

of Credits '

-.

Credits

..of Credits

of

Year

Students

Attempted,

Attempted

Passed

Passed

Passing

1967

3.

-12

4.00

12

4.00

1968

736

5.14

30

4.29

b1969

15

77

5.13

65

=1970

28

172

6.14

156

1971

57. *

342

6.00

268.

1972

24

140

5.83

115.

.1973

13

73

.5:62

44

1974

740

5.71

28

TOTAL'

154 **

892

718

AVERAGE

5.8

4.7

* Out of a List of 123 names from the Fall 1971 Student Achievement Report, 57 students were

classified as part-time students (11 and under credit hours).

** Duplicate count..-

4.33

5.57

4.70

4.79

3.38

4.00

100.00

83.33

84.42

90:70

-78:36

82.14

:t10.00

80..4

9.7.

TABLE II


PART TIME STUDENTS

SPRING SEMESTER BY YEAR

Number of

Number of

Credits

Year

Students

Attempted

1968

29

1969'

11

46

1970

18

89

1971

28

161

1972-

35

220

1973

18

115

1974

12

78

TOTAL

124 *

718

AVERAGE

5.8

* Duplicate count

.

Average #

Number of

of Credits

Credits

Attempted

Passed

4.50

4.18

4.94

5.75

6.29.

.

6.39

6.50

642

.

5.2

Average #

Percent

of Credits

of

Passed

Passing

9.

4.50

100,00.

46

4.18

100,00

86

4.78

.96,63

155

5.54

176

-5.03

80400.

99

5.50

86.09-

71

5.92

91,03

Number of

Year

Students

TABLE III.

CONTROL GROUP-FALL 1971 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT' REPORT

PART TIME STUDENTS

SUMMER SESSION BY YEAR

Number of

Average #

Number of

'-- Average #

Percent

Credits

of .Credits

Credits

of Credits

of

.:Attempted

Attempted

Passed

'

.Passed

Passing

1968

--

-

1969

2

1970

5

1971

27

1972

22

73.50

7

25

5.00

25

107

1,96

98

107

4.86

107.

1973

937

4.11

.

1974

831

3.88

1975

521

4.20

TOTAL

AVERAGE

*-Duplicate gaunt

78 *

3.50

5.00

3.63

100.00

100.00

91.59

100.00

100.00

.87.10

100.00

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TABLE IV

CONTROL GROUP -PALL 1971 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT.

PART TIME STUDENTS

SUMMER SESSIONS

Number of-Students in

Semester Attendance Barcentage,

13 22.81

2 7 12.28

3 2

Total 22

* This is a percentage of the 57 students who are representedin Table I as taking at least one course in Fall 1971.

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TABLE V

CONTROL GROUP-PALL"11971 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT

-PART TIME STUDENTS

Number of Semesters Attended by Students

Semesters Tota1.0 Of Students

12 1

11 1

10 5

'9 4

-8 2

7 11

6 . 4

5 3.

4 7

3 7

.2. 4

1. 8

TOTAL 57

Average No. of Semesters Attended - 5.37

* - This data includes summer sessions.

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. .

7. Of Students

1.75

1.75

8.77

7.02

3.51

19.30

7.02

5.26

12.28

12.28

7.02

14.04

100.00

1"

,

TABLE VI


PART TIME STUDENTS

CUMMULATIVE DEGREE CREDITS .

CreditsNumber ofStudents

61-70 1

51-60 3

41-50 2

31-40 6

21-30 10

11-20 9

1-10 12

TOTAL 43*

Average No. of Cummulative Degree Credits - 23.2

* - 14 students received degrees; therefore they are notreflected in the above total number of students.

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TABLE VII


PART TIME STUDENTS

NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO DROPPED OUT AND IN

TIMES DROPPED'

OUT AND IN

# OF STUDENTS

7.0F STUDENTS

0 70

121

21.05

1-0 (A)

27

47.37

1-1 (B)

MO

2-1

(A)

16

28.07

2-2 (B)

3-2 (A)

23.51

TOTAL

51

100.00

A 27

16 2.

45

(A) Representsthe students who are

Currently dropped out.

.

..

(B) Represents theAitudents who have

dropped out one or more times- and are

Currently registered.

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TABLE VIII

CONTROL GROUP-FALL:1971 STUDENT1ACHIEVEMENT REPORT.

PART TIME STUDENTS

Number of Students Who Received Degrees By Fall 1975

Da rses # Percentage

A.A.S. 10 i3 71.43

A.A. 4 28.57

TOTAL 14 100.00

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TABLE IX

CONTROL GROUP - FALL 1971 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORT

.PART TIM STUDENTS

Number of Students Who Enrolled Prior to Fall 1971 .

and Graduate&betweed Spring 1972. & Spring 1975

Semester

Fall 1967'

Fall 1968

Spring 1969

Summer 1970

Fall 1970

TOTAL

'# of 2, of '3

Students ): Students -3 ;1%,

1 10.00

2 20.00

3 30.00

1 10.00

3 30.00

10 100.00

*- 71%.of those graduated had enrolled prior to Fall 1971so they do,not.represent the first time registered Fall1971 students.

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